Traditional prejudice says that men are rational while women are &#8220;emotional.&#8221; According to empirical studies this view seems to be held globally even today, while at the same time other results show that men are judged to be more aggressive and &#8220;angry&#8221; than women. These paradoxical results can be explained by a proper interpretation of what &#8220;emotional&#8221; means: the ancient Greeks did not believe that women had more emotions than man had, but rather believed that women were not in control of their emotions, and thus were generally &#8220;weak.&#8221; This background belief can be traced throughout history until today. It imposes a certain paradox on female gender identity: to be or to become a woman seems to demand not being in full control of oneself, which again contradicts the possibility of voluntarily becoming a unified person. There is no rational way to be &#8220;emotional.&#8221;